(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) has announced a date for resumption of activities at the spiritual centre. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and credited to Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of AMEN, saying that activities would resume at the facility on October 2. “Dear Adorers, To the glory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos has begun investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some injections were allegedly administered to him in a hospital in Ogombo area of Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the situation on Thursday. Hundeyin said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Government has sacked all the park touts and banned all unions of tricycle and shuttle buses. The decision was taken after Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s meeting with State Executive Council. A statement in Awka by Commissioner for Information Paul Nwosu said the decision was with immediate effect. Soludo asked all the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Thursday has defeated his contender gallantly Dotun Babayemi, who challenged his emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship election which was held on July 16. Babayemi had prayed the Apex Court to set aside the decisions of the lower […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers steam, the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers has prayed and presented ‘ofo’, a traditional symbol of authority, to the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Dr. Peter Mbah. The Royal father’s, blessing was giving to the PDP gubernatorial hopeful yesterday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said the Federal Government would soon officially declare the proposed Ondo Sea Port facility as a Deep Sea Port, to herald commencement of other processes at the facility. Sambo, in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, gave the indication when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than three members of a rival group belonging to the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, were feared dead while several others sustained injuries during a clash at Iyana-Iba, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday. African Examiner gathered that a similar clash happened in the Surulere area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a suspect in custody were killed during an attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters in Iganna in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday by hoodlums. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed the incident, stating the Divisional Police officer (DPO) of the station (name […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed five soldiers and one unidentified civilian. The incident happened opposite one of the new generation banks in Umunze, Orumba South local government area. A source disclosed the incident happened around 2pm on Wednesday. The soldiers, the source said, were in a Sienna vehicle when the hoodlums attacked them. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mainstream Members of the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, have applauded the inclusion of former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, of the People’s Democratic party PDP into the All progressive Congress APC presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Senator Nnamani, a close ally of the 2023 APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of “Operation Forest Sanity’’ rescued seven kidnapped persons during a fighting patrol between Birnin Gwari and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the rescue in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) ,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,on Tuesday said he would actualise Igbo presidency if elected in 2023. Abubakar made the pledge during the PDP South-East Zonal Stakeholders’ Meeting in Enugu on Tuesday. He said his love for Ndigbo was so great that in the 2011, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered the closure of a new generation church, The New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, Okene for allegedly defrauding members by selling “bulletproof water” and running an unapproved medical facility. The Pastor of the church, Peter Adeiza, is said to have been operating the facility since 2008 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday sentenced a dethroned ‘Baale’ (Chief) in Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed to 15 years imprisonment each for faking his own kidnap. Our correspondent reports that the court had on June 15 discharged and acquitted the third defendant, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has informed her esteemed customers of a system collapse which occurred at 10:51am today, 26th September, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement issued by its Spokesman, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, and made available to African Examiner in Enugu on Monday. The document read: “This has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that seven passengers were burnt to death in a commercial bus that gutted fire at Iyana Oworo in Lagos. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving. “Upon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Governor-elect Ademola Adeleke are at war over election petition, as the tribunal is set to begin sitting today. Oyetola filed against Adeleke and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking the cancellation of 749 polling units because of alleged over voting. He wanted the tribunal to declare […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship Candidate, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has said that the only way Nigeria could navigate out of its current multifaceted ordeals was through the right leadership in all the strata of the society. Mbah, stated this weekend while delivering a lecture as guest speaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his contribution to the society, the federal government has listed the immediate past Vice Chancellor, (VC) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUA), Umudike, Abia State, South- East Nigeria, among distinguished Nigerians that would be decorated with National honours award come October, 11th. African Examiner reports that the award […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A suspected kidnapper simply identified as Lyon, has begged for forgiveness as he alleged that his wife was just delivered of a baby boy. In a video that has since gone viral, Lyon, who was handcuffed claimed that he had only done two kidnapping operations before his arrest. Crying, he said, “Forgive […]
